2011 Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship

With Nezil Merilles

WILLAM TELL

WILLAM TELL If ever you visit Oriental Mindoro and lucky to meet Xander for a chess blitz match you're in for a treat as you will feel his Xander's Gambit which is comparable to the Great Wall of China. But what amuses us no end is he is always mentioning about Willam Tell every game. Whenever we asked "Who is William Tell?", he would just smile at us but he never give answer. Perhaps he is his foreign friend but we run out of time to check. Incidentally, he is a strong chess player! His notable performance at Board 2 in the in the last Inter-club Chess Championship in Quezon City (we represented United Chess Players of Calapan, Inc. the exact date escaped my memory) was amazing! We requested him to play for board 1 for the team's sake, notwithstanding his outstanding performance in Board 2. Unselfish that he is, he granted our request. In the end though, he was not able to get the Gold in Board 2 as he manage only to score in Board 1 a loss and a draw. Mabuhay ka Xander! Only now I was able to discover "Willam Tell" with the help of Google and I hope he is the same person that Xander is referring to. "The legend as told by Tschudi (ca. 1570) goes as follows: William Tell, who originally came from Bürglen, was known as a strong man and an expert shot with the crossbow. In his time, the Habsburg emperors of Austria were seeking to dominate Uri. Albrecht (or Hermann) Gessler, the newly appointed Austrian Vogt of Altdorf, raised a pole in the village's central square, hung his hat on top of it, and demanded that all the townsfolk bow before the hat. On 18 November 1307, Tell visited Altdorf with his young son and passed by the hat, publicly refusing to bow to it, and so was arrested. Gessler — intrigued by Tell's famed marksmanship, yet resentful of his defiance — devised a cruel punishment: Tell and his son would be executed, but he could redeem his life by shooting an apple off the head of his son, Walter, in a single attempt. Tell split the apple with a bolt from his crossbow.[1] But Gessler noticed that Tell had removed two crossbow bolts from his quiver, not one. Before releasing Tell, he asked why. Tell replied that if he had killed his son, he would have used the second bolt on Gessler himself. Gessler was angered, and had Tell bound. He was brought to Gessler's ship to be taken to his castle at Küssnacht to spend his newly won life in a dungeon. But, as a storm broke on Lake Lucerne, the soldiers were afraid that their boat would founder, and unbound Tell to steer with all his famed strength. Tell made use of the opportunity to escape, leaping from the boat at the rocky site now known as the Tellsplatte ("Tell's slab") and memorialized by the Tellskapelle. The Hohle Gasse between Immensee and KüssnachtTell ran cross-country to Küssnacht. As Gessler arrived, Tell assassinated him with the second crossbow bolt along a stretch of the road cut through the rock between Immensee and Küssnacht, now known as the Hohle Gasse.[2] Tell's blow for liberty sparked a rebellion, in which he played a leading part. That fed the impetus for the nascent Swiss Confederation. He fought again against Austria in the 1315 Battle of Morgarten. Tschudi also has an account of Tell's death in 1354, according to which he was killed trying to save a child from drowning in the Schächenbach river in Uri.[3]" If ever WE encounter XANDER over the Board we must beat him. For sure he would say; "Ubos tayo kay Willam Tell."

2012 Lifecore Enterprises Chess Championship

What? 2012 Lifecore Enterprises Chess Championship Where? Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro When? September 9, 2012 Prizes - Champion P5,000.00 ... 1st Runner up 4,000.00 2nd Runner up 3,000.00 3rd 2,000.00 4rth 1,000.00 5 to 9 500.00 each

Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship - Batangas Leg

On July 28 - 29, 2012 Calapan City will be sending the strongest ever contingent in the coming 20th Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship - Southern Luzon Leg at SM Batangas Activity Center. Goodluck to our team!!! Categories: Juniors - Male ... 1. Nezil Arj Merilles - Finalist, 19th SNYACC 2012 Palarong Pambansa representative 2. Zenjih Angelo Merilles - 2012 Palarong Pambansa representative Top 5, 19th SNYACC, Juniors Division South Luzon Leg Juniors - Female 3. Shayxanthe Lois Guico - Silver (Team) Secondary Division 2012 Palarong Pambansa 2nd Place, 19th SNYACC Southern Luzon, Kiddies Kiddies - Female 4. Cyliz Merilles - Silver (Team), Secondary Division 2012 Palarong Pambansa 5. Julie Ann Barrientos - 10th Place, Kiddies Division 19th SNYACC South Luzon Leg Kiddies - Male 6. Jan Myrtle Aclon - 2012 MIMAROPA representative 7. Jay Werner Barrientos - 2012 Calapan representative Promising Talent

NCFP GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Joselito Asi is attended the NCFP General Assembly and Election at Deped main Office which started at 8:00AM last July 7, 2012 representing United Chess Players of Calapan Inc.. Goodluck Bro.

NCFP ELECTION 07.07.12

Congrats to our Governor Alfonso Umali Jr. for being one of the Board of Directors of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines in the recently concluded election held last 07.07.12 at Deped Main Office

Whatever - a prayer

Whatever your cross, whatever your pain, there will always be sunshine, after the rain .... Perhaps you may stumble, perhaps even fall, But God's always ready, To answer your call ... He knows every heartache, sees every tear, A word from His lips, can calm every fear ... Your sorrows may linger, throughout the night, But suddenly vanish, in dawn's early light ... The Savior is waiting, somewhere above, To give you His grace, and send you His love... Whatever your cross, whatever your pain, "God always sends rainbows .... after the rain ... " To get out of difficulty, one must usually go through it!